Tuesday, August 19, 2014

“160 Years of Baseball in New Brunswick” documents the sport’s exciting history
since the first recorded game was played in Chatham in 1853. Displays feature
artefacts from some of the province’s most outstanding players, coaches,
officials and teams from the late 1800s to today.

“The World of Parallel Sport” tells the story of
New Brunswick’s trailblazing wheelchair athletes and coaches whose successes at
the international level helped build parallel sport in the province and Canada.
Artefacts from the museum’s collection and modern adaptive equipment from Para
NB’s Equipment Loan Service show the evolution of parallel sport since the end
of the Second World War.

Lest We
Forget Project: Cenotaph Research Updates:Welcome to the Lest We Forget Project. We have recently added 200 digitized military personnel records to the
website. These records represent 100 men and women who served our country in the
First World War, and 100 in the Second World War. We gratefully acknowledge Ancestry.ca (www.ancestry.ca) who made this
work possible.Although the site features a new design and layout, the content of the "Notes for Teachers" and the "Student Guidelines" has not changed. Additional information has been added to the "Galleries" and "Further Research" sections.

SAINT JOHN (GNB) – The provincial government is investing $1.1 million
in the development of a plan to improve the conditions of the New Brunswick
Museum Collections Centre.

The centre houses many collections owned by the province and managed by
the New Brunswick Museum. It is also the site of research, preservation
activities, laboratories and a workspace for staff and volunteers.

The centre has been deteriorating due to issues with heating,
ventilation, water leaks and overcrowding, among others. Left unaddressed, the
continued deterioration could place collections, staff, volunteers and the
public at risk.

“The New Brunswick Museum conserves our heritage assets and shares many
of them with the world, contributing to how we explain and showcase who we are
as New Brunswickers,” said Tourism, Heritage and Culture Minister Trevor
Holder. “Our continued investment in the New Brunswick Museum underscores our
pride in our collective heritage and our commitment to ensuring it is preserved
for future generations.”